News & Features
Introducing Our New General Manager
We are delighted to introduce our new General Manager, Katie Ambrose. Katie comes to OBS from a varied career across arts management, retail and finance. Katie has previously worked for the Cambridge University Musical Society and the Faculty of Music Performance team...
Ferrier Award success for two OBS singers
The awards saw prizes given to two Oxford Bach Soloists (OBS) Concertists, Hugh Cutting and Helen Charlston. Hugh Cutting has won the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Award’s First Prize following an exceptional performance in the final. He is the first countertenor ever...
Future Plans
A message from our Artistic Director: I am writing to you today with an update on OBS’ response to the coronavirus crisis. The Headline Following discussion with the Board of Trustees, we have taken the decision to cancel all OBS concerts currently planned through to...
Support our ‘Bach Family’
A message from our Artistic Director: I have been overwhelmed by the generosity of our loyal followers who have offered to support us at this very difficult time by converting their tickets into donations to help mitigate the crisis faced by our artists. Johann...
Choral Scholar Focus: Fiona Fraser
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training to date? As an Undergraduate, I studied Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews, holding both an Organ and Choral Scholarship at the University Chapel. I then graduated from Cambridge University in 2015 with...
Announcing Michael Chance as our Patron
Today we are thrilled to announce Michael Chance as Patron of the Oxford Bach Soloists! "I am thrilled to have been asked to be Patron of Oxford Bach Soloists, with the music of J. S. Bach being central to my performing and recording life. The work OBS has been doing...
Choral Scholar Focus: Tom Lilburn
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training to date? I have been a Lay Clerk in the Choir of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle for three years. I came to Windsor after graduating in Natural Sciences from St John’s College Cambridge, where I was a choral scholar...
The Towns and Cities of J. S. Bach
In this newsletter, we explore the cities and towns where Bach took up residence and composed his great cantatas. Eisenach Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach in 1685, a small town in Thuringia, Germany. He was the seventh and youngest child of Johann Ambrosius...
Choral Scholar Focus: Emily Brown Gibson
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training to date? I grew up in Toronto, Canada and at the age of four was handed a tissue-box-and-stick-makeshift-violin, which was my first introduction to classical music. The box eventually turned into a real violin, which I...
Bach’s Band: The Harpsichord
Find out more about some of the instruments played by our ensemble in our new series, Bach's Band. Our latest newsletter is by Anhad Arora on the harpsichord! What are the essential features and sound of the harpsichord? The harpsichord is a member of an extended...